diff --git a/DesignNotes.wiki b/DesignNotes.wiki
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8705c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DesignNotes.wiki
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+= Design Notes =
+
+This file is meant to document design decisions and algorithms inside vimwiki
+which are too large for code comments, and not necessarily interesting to
+users. Please create a new section to document each behavior.
diff --git a/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim b/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
index 7986609..bbb1963 100644
--- a/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim
@@ -1618,7 +1618,10 @@ function! vimwiki#base#TO_table_col(inner, visual)
 endfunction
 
 
-function! vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel()
+function! vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel(...)
+  if a:1 > 1
+    call vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel(a:1 - 1)
+  endif
   let lnum = line('.')
   let line = getline(lnum)
   let rxHdr = vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxH')
@@ -1646,7 +1649,10 @@ function! vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel()
 endfunction
 
 
-function! vimwiki#base#RemoveHeaderLevel()
+function! vimwiki#base#RemoveHeaderLevel(...)
+  if a:1 > 1
+    call vimwiki#base#RemoveHeaderLevel(a:1 - 1)
+  endif
   let lnum = line('.')
   let line = getline(lnum)
   let rxHdr = vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxH')
diff --git a/autoload/vimwiki/html.vim b/autoload/vimwiki/html.vim
index ba2cc4c..dcb491d 100644
--- a/autoload/vimwiki/html.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimwiki/html.vim
@@ -344,7 +344,27 @@ endfunction
 
 
 function! s:tag_code(value)
-  return '<code>'.s:safe_html_preformatted(s:mid(a:value, 1)).'</code>'
+  let l:retstr = '<code'
+
+  let l:str = s:mid(a:value, 1)
+  let l:match = match(l:str, '^#[a-fA-F0-9]\{6\}$')
+
+  if l:match != -1
+    let l:r = eval("0x".l:str[1:2])
+    let l:g = eval("0x".l:str[3:4])
+    let l:b = eval("0x".l:str[5:6])
+
+    let l:fg_color =
+          \ (((0.299 * r + 0.587 * g + 0.114 * b) / 0xFF) > 0.5)
+          \ ? "black" : "white"
+
+    let l:retstr .=
+          \ " style='background-color:" . l:str .
+          \ ";color:" . l:fg_color . ";'"
+  endif
+
+  let l:retstr .= '>'.s:safe_html_preformatted(l:str).'</code>'
+  return l:retstr
 endfunction
 
 
@@ -1529,6 +1549,7 @@ function! s:convert_file(path_html, wikifile)
 
     let title = s:process_title(placeholders, fnamemodify(a:wikifile, ":t:r"))
     let date = s:process_date(placeholders, strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
+    let wiki_path = strpart(s:current_wiki_file, strlen(vimwiki#vars#get_wikilocal('path')))
 
     let html_lines = s:get_html_template(template_name)
 
@@ -1537,6 +1558,7 @@ function! s:convert_file(path_html, wikifile)
     call map(html_lines, 'substitute(v:val, "%date%", "'. date .'", "g")')
     call map(html_lines, 'substitute(v:val, "%root_path%", "'.
           \ s:root_path(vimwiki#vars#get_bufferlocal('subdir')) .'", "g")')
+    call map(html_lines, 'substitute(v:val, "%wiki_path%", "'. wiki_path .'", "g")')
 
     let css_name = expand(vimwiki#vars#get_wikilocal('css_name'))
     let css_name = substitute(css_name, '\', '/', 'g')
diff --git a/doc/vimwiki.txt b/doc/vimwiki.txt
index b1b2c77..e8de748 100644
--- a/doc/vimwiki.txt
+++ b/doc/vimwiki.txt
@@ -892,6 +892,12 @@ For Markdown syntax these variations are used: >
 Furthermore, there are a number of words which are highlighted extra flashy:
 TODO, DONE, STARTED, FIXME, FIXED, XXX.
 
+When rendered as HTML, code blocks containing only a hash prefixed 6 digit hex
+number will be colored as themselves.  For example >
+ `#ffe119`
+Becomes >
+ <code style='background-color:#ffe119;color:black;'>#ffe119</code>
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 5.2. Links                                              *vimwiki-syntax-links*
 
@@ -2064,13 +2070,17 @@ Each template could look like: >
     </html>
 
 where
-  %title% is replaced by a wiki page name or by a |vimwiki-title|
-  %date% is replaced with the current date or by |vimwiki-date|
-  %root_path% is replaced by a count of ../ for pages buried in subdirs:
+  `%title%` is replaced by a wiki page name or by a |vimwiki-title|
+  `%date%` is replaced with the current date or by |vimwiki-date|
+  `%root_path%` is replaced by a count of ../ for pages buried in subdirs:
     if you have wikilink [[dir1/dir2/dir3/my page in a subdir]] then
-    %root_path% is replaced by '../../../'.
+    `%root_path%` is replaced by '../../../'.
+  `%wiki_path%` Path to current wiki-file.` The file path to the current wiki
+    file. For example, if you are on page a/b.wiki %wiki-path% contains
+    "a/b.wiki". Mostly useful if you want to link the to raw wiki page from
+    the rendered version.
 
-  %content% is replaced by a wiki file content.
+  `%content%` is replaced by a wiki file content.
 
 
 The default template will be applied to all wiki pages unless a page specifies
diff --git a/ftplugin/vimwiki.vim b/ftplugin/vimwiki.vim
index 217359f..7e812a4 100644
--- a/ftplugin/vimwiki.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/vimwiki.vim
@@ -635,13 +635,14 @@ vnoremap <silent><buffer> il :<C-U>call vimwiki#lst#TO_list_item(1, 1)<CR>
 if !hasmapto('<Plug>VimwikiAddHeaderLevel')
   nmap <silent><buffer> = <Plug>VimwikiAddHeaderLevel
 endif
-nnoremap <silent><buffer> <Plug>VimwikiAddHeaderLevel :<C-U>call vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel()<CR>
+nnoremap <silent><buffer> <Plug>VimwikiAddHeaderLevel :
+      \<C-U>call vimwiki#base#AddHeaderLevel(v:count)<CR>
 
 if !hasmapto('<Plug>VimwikiRemoveHeaderLevel')
   nmap <silent><buffer> - <Plug>VimwikiRemoveHeaderLevel
 endif
 nnoremap <silent><buffer> <Plug>VimwikiRemoveHeaderLevel :
-      \<C-U>call vimwiki#base#RemoveHeaderLevel()<CR>
+      \<C-U>call vimwiki#base#RemoveHeaderLevel(v:count)<CR>
 
 if !hasmapto('<Plug>VimwikiGoToParentHeader')
   nmap <silent><buffer> ]u <Plug>VimwikiGoToParentHeader